Boston to expand bike network and public bike-share
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Transportation Department have announced a 9.4-mile expansion of bike lanes providing key connections within the City’s existing bike network and the launch of a Citywide design process to bring safer streets to every neighborhood. This new project is...
WEF issues detailed blueprint for future-ready cities
The World Economic Forum has released four reports on how cities can take a systems approach to finance and deliver urban transportation projects in the wake of Covid-19, widening inequality and global conflicts. Each report – on city financing models, technology adoption, urban inclusion, and...
Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson to introduce autonomous to boost mobility
Picture: A&K Robotics Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has given its passengers a glimpse of the future. Long walks to distant boarding gates are often impossible for those with reduced mobility, therefore, they often rely on airport staff for help. Now, A&K Robotics has trialed its self-driving pod...
EV Mobility continues to expand outside California to Florida, Washington, and Nevada
EV Mobility, the leading all-electric vehicle car-sharing platform, provides electric vehicles on demand as an amenity to luxury hotels, multi-family apartment buildings, and commercial buildings through its easy-to-use mobile app. EV Mobility announced today recent expansion into properties in Florida, Washington, and Nevada. EV Mobility initially launched its services...
New AI solution launched to improve safety for children who ride on school buses
Conduent Transportation has partnered with Hayden AI, a provider of AI and machine learning technologies, to develop an automated technology solution designed to improve safety for children who ride on school buses. Combining AI and computer vision, the solution will use mobile cameras mounted on...
New York may be on the verge of tackling congestion and ending gridlock
Sam Schwartz, best known to New Yorkers as “Gridlock Sam” has been advocating congestion prices for five decades. The aim of this is to discourage people from driving into crammed midtown and downtown Manhattan by charging people when they enter these zones. This is in...
Hydrogen: Fuel of the future or fantasy?
Hydrogen has been touted as the future fuel of the world, promising to deliver an abundance of carbon neutral energy by 2030. While battery-electric cars are seeing widespread growth over the globe, hydrogen cars are slower to the race with less people deciding to adopt...
Louisiana Clean Hydrogen Plan wins $50M federal grant
The U.S. Economic Development Administration has awarded a $50 million federal grant to H2theFuture, a 25-organisation partnership that plans to develop a new offshore wind-powered hydrogen energy industry cluster in south Louisiana. The proposal – led by nonprofit business booster Greater New Orleans Inc. –...
California EV owners asked to curb charging across the holiday weekend
As a brutal heatwave is heading to California this week, California’s power grid manager is calling on electric vehicle owners to avoid charging at peak times. The request is part of a broader effort to keep the state’s grid up and running, while locals crank...
Bosch invests $200M in US fuel cell production for electric commercial trucks
Picture: Bosch/Martin Stollberg Bosch has announced that it will invest more than $200million into its South Carolina factory to build fuel cell stacks that will power hydrogen powered electric commercial trucks in the United States. The South Carolina project is part of Bosch’s plan to invest...
